links for 2010-10-31

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

  • Abstract of research suggesting the more boring solitary practice is the best way to prepare for the spelling bee. Reinforces the theory in "Bounce" by Matthew Syed.

  • A great article on how (and this is my paraphrase, not Doc's words) much of our web experience is being personalised, but only in the sense of who the big websites think we are… based on all the behaviour they've been meticulously tracking. But that's not who we really are. And there lies a serious problem and an exciting opportunity.

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Conversational leadership

David Gurteen tweeted this interesting article (pdf): Conversational Leadership: Thinking together for a change It makes a lot of sense to me pushing for a

Scaling or evolving?

This post really interests me: Innovation for Development: Scaling Up or Evolving? As they complete some pilot experiments in development work the authors recognise that

Jersey

I’ve just given a presentation on Beyond Branding in Jersey. It was fun to take ideas that have been percolating for months and give them

Badgers and the joy of complexity

Great article in today’s Independent. The government decided to take action to stop the spread of TB among cattle. They found that badgers were to

More on what is marketing…

Jennifer Rice continues our rolling dialogue about what marketing’s job is. I appreciate Jen for keeping a good thoughtful exploration going. David Foster at PhotonCourier

Chautauqua

I’ll be taking part in the Chautauqua online discussion of Beyond Branding, from 15th to 29th February. Fellow authors Denzil Meyers, Chris Macrae, Julie Anixter

Microsoft’s embarassing metadata

Found via Richard Gayle is Strike that Out Sam. This is a cheeky exploitation of the fact that Microsoft Word documents retain the fingerprints of

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Emotional debt

Releasing the hidden costs of pent up frustrations

Aliveness

Finding the aliveness below the surface of stuck

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Schank on learning

Donald Clark has a great post about the failings of conventional education. It’s a quick guide to the thinking of Roger Schank: Only two things wrong with education: 1) What

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Now, where’s the thought?

Barclays’ latest TV ad sets a new low standard for the bank. Davidreviews has a stream of it here. It’s a fantasy in which a young executive creates a debit

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Ning

Will Richardson points to Ning. Here’s a fascinating clue to what the future may hold. A place where anyone can create a social web app in minutes. Will made a

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Clippinger on collaboration.

Tim Kitchin pointed me to this fascinating paper: Human Nature and Social Networks by John H Clippinger. As Tim summarises this gives strong evidence that humans are biologically programmed to